A list of intriguing things
One: Someone has invented this:
“At its core, the Flatcat is an ultra-simplified robot that reacts to touch by folding, twisting, and rolling its body into different shapes. It doesn’t appear as if it can easily locomote; it has no legs, but like an inchworm it seems it can rhythmically contract and expand its body to slowly creep across the floor. In other words, it can probably follow you—or hunt you down—if it so chooses.”
And it looks like this:
Two: On a more pleasant note, artist Akie Nakata’s hand painted river stones are selling like hot cakes on Facebook: “What I aspire to draw is something that gets newly born in my hand, through my dialogues with the stones. I want to paint the ‘life’ of the animals that I felt in the stone.” The Rupi Kaur of stone painting then. Needless snark aside, they are truly amazing! Forbes has the story. See the entire collection here.
Three: The ritzy French Riviera now has an underwater museum. It kicked off with six sculptures that seek to draw attention to the pollution of our oceans. Architectural Digest has the story and more photos.
Four: A baby shark found dead off the coast of Indonesia has a striking mutation that gives it the appearance of a human face. Experts think it may have been affected by a condition called cyclopia. BGR has the story.